James Abercrombie (colonel)

James Abercrombie (1732-23 June 1775) was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the British Army during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War.

Biography
James Abercrombie was born in 1732 in Scotland, and he may have been related to General James Abercrombie, with whom he shares his name. He became a Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Foot at the age of 12 in 1744, and on 16 February 1756 he was promoted to Captain of the 42nd Regiment of Foot. He served under his possible uncle at the Battle of Fort Carillon in the French and Indian War, and in 1759 he became the aide-de-camp to Jefferey Amherst. In 1770, Abercrombie was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and on 17 June 1775 he led a grenadier battalion sent to assault the left flank of the patriots during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Abercrombie was mortally wounded by Salem Poor, a freedman siding with the rebels, and died at John Montresor's house six days later.